Arguments over how to improve a country’s education system have been going on for a very long time. Often different strategies work for different countries. However, allowing high school students to openly critique their instructors online is a strat- egy that I feel does not improve the quality of high school instruction in any country. Alternative school scheduling and teacher monitoring through video are much better approaches and will be analysed for viability in this essay.
Firstly, modified school scheduling improves education in a way that openly critiqu- ing teachers does not. For example, many Scandinavian school boards run education systems that take short, periodic week-long breaks throughout the academic year instead of one larger two-month break at summertime. Overall, students have just as much holiday time as their peers in traditional holiday arrangements, but there is not such a long, education-deterring break at summer, and this allows students to mentally retain more of their studies. This arrangement is clearly a more plausible alternative to arguments supporting the open criticism of teachers on the internet.
In addition to this, schools should consider videotaping classes to both monitor teacher performance and student conduct. I once taught at a school with this ar- rangement and found it made it much easier for students’ parents to stay attune to both their children’s lessons and conduct during class time. Such a system would also ensure all critiquing of the teacher is carried out by adults and not teenag- ers, a vetting process that would likely produce more insightful criticism. Thus, the plausibility of this alternative is clear
It can be concluded that both a paced academic schedule and class transparency would more effectively improve high school education than the proposed online criti
Arguments over how to  
improve
 a country’s  
education
 system have been going on for a  
very
 long time.  
Often
  different
 strategies work for  
different
 countries.  
However
, allowing high  
school
  students
 to  
openly
 critique their instructors online is a  
strat
-  
egy
 that I feel does not  
improve
 the quality of high  
school
 instruction in any country. Alternative  
school
 scheduling and  
teacher
 monitoring through video are much better approaches and will be  
analysed
 for viability in this essay. 
Firstly
, modified  
school
 scheduling  
improves
  education
 in a way that  
openly
  critiqu
-  
ing
  teachers
 does not.  
For example
,  
many
 Scandinavian  
school
 boards run  
education
 systems that take short, periodic week-long breaks throughout the academic year  
instead
 of one larger two-month break at  
summertime
.  
Overall
,  
students
 have  
just
 as much holiday time as their peers in traditional holiday arrangements,  
but
 there is not such a long, education-deterring break at summer, and this  
allows
  students
 to mentally retain more of their studies. This arrangement is  
clearly
 a more plausible alternative to arguments supporting the open criticism of  
teachers
 on the internet. 
In addition
 to this,  
schools
 should consider videotaping classes to both monitor  
teacher
 performance and  
student
 conduct. I once taught at a  
school
 with this  
ar
-  
rangement
 and found it made it much easier for  
students’
 parents to stay attune to both their children’s lessons and conduct during  
class
 time. Such a system would  
also
 ensure all critiquing of the  
teacher
  is carried
 out by adults and not  
teenag
-  
ers
, a vetting process that would likely produce more insightful criticism.  
Thus
, the plausibility of this alternative is  
clear
It can  
be concluded
 that both a paced academic schedule and  
class
 transparency would more  
effectively
  improve
 high  
school
  education
 than the proposed online  
criti